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Author ~ Game Master ~ Goober Check out my vampire slayer book, A Slayer's Reckoning: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ5WJWL6

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Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 19d

Terra never asked for any of this, but she'll be damned if she takes it lying down. #vampires #vampireslayers #urbanfantasy #reading

Check out A Slayer's Reckoning: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ5WJWL6

Book cover art of A Slayer's Reckoning, featuring the main character, Terra, with short black hair and pale skin, wearing a cropped white undershirt beneath a short black motorcycle jacket, blue jeans with a black belt, grasping a the triskelion necklace charm hung about her neck with her right hand, and hefting a gold-edged khopesh in her left hand. She stands among tombstones beneath a half-obscured full moon peeking out from behind thick clouds.

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 5h

Yesterday's Words: 308 ✏️

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 5h

New plan to get myself writing: Daily word count post. Maybe imagined shame will work, because nothin' else has.

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 5d

📖“We tell the Judges, on one condition.”
“Condition being?” Ruairí asked.
“This time, I get to help catch the motherfucker.”
“Oh, I knew I liked you,” the blue-haired woman said with a grin. 📖
~ Read the Whole Book ~ www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ5WJWL6
#urbanfantasy #darkfantasy #vampires

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 6d

How does one avoid becoming jaded? Well, you could do what I do and write some dark shit, but I'd recommend my other hobby: playing pretend! There is no fun quite like a good TTRPG or LARP #ttrpgs #LARP

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 7d

Shoutout to @avantris.bsky.social for including a punch-out tokens option for Crooked Moon in-person campaigns! Just ordered mine and am super excited to run the campaign for the fam!

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 16d

Wasn't able to begin the Crooked Moon over the weekend due to unexpected extenuating circumstances, BUT played Arkham Horror for the first time and HOLY SHIT THIS GAME IS AWESOME 🐙😮😁😱
#ArkhamHorror #boardgames

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 19d

Tonight, the fam and I will begin The Crooked Moon adventure! I'M SO HYPE 😁😁😁 #thecrookedmoon #dnd5e

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 19d

Terra never asked for any of this, but she'll be damned if she takes it lying down. #vampires #vampireslayers #urbanfantasy #reading

Check out A Slayer's Reckoning: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ5WJWL6

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · 29d

Late to the Thresher party, but it was lovely to see Mara playing Betty and being such a sweet bean and kick-ass mechanic

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 14

Here's a wild idea: What if we created supportive programs, addressed root causes, or did both of those things, instead of punishing people for being unhoused?

"Homeless crackdown" is like seeing a guy with a broken leg and deciding the solution is to fucking stab him.

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 14

Classic example of high intelligence, low wisdom -- NEVER fuck with death gods

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 14

I love it when evil men get absolutely destroyed

a man wearing glasses is laughing in front of a lighthouse in the ocean

Alt: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders laughing joyously in front of a lighthouse in the ocean

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Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 14

Everything in me screams to just create

But I have to have a fucking day job

#venting #justartistthings

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 10

I do believe the next ttrpg I run will be in #Daggerheart
I'm loving so much of this system and its play philosophy

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 7

I suppose I should get back to submitting my short pieces to literary journals, huh?

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 7

I deeply enjoy Liam O'Brien living his best life as Screev in Age of Umbra, just being an unsettling little c r e a t u r e

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 6

I LOVE storms⛈️ but methinks their frequency of late is an indicator for general concern, given my location deep in the eastern midwest and considering the time of year . . . I fear for the more coastal regions this hurricane season

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 6

It's incredible how un-scary 1800's horror fiction is to me as a 21st century denizen. Finished Carmilla by Le Fanu the other day and was more upset by the formatting issues than the actual story.

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 5

Finished a book read for the first time in over a year!

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 4

It's wild how extroverts struggle to process this information. I WISH I could recharge when other people are around, but it is truly impossible and I need a nap

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 4

📖As my head began to clear, a familiar tingling sensation started at the back of my neck, and I froze at the sound of a heavy pistol being cocked.
“We need to talk,” said my mother.📖

Read A Slayer's Reckoning now: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQ5WJWL6

#urbanfantasy #vampireslayers #vampires #reading

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 4

Probably the shelves for the towels, blankets, and bedsheets

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 4

I . . . WROTE something! It's been MONTHS, but I finally dredged up the motivation and got into a small but definite groove. Hell yes

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 4

Clear skies and safe journey home!

Ariel Cross @acrossauthor.arielcross.com · Aug 3

I know I'm just some rando on the internet, but if Critical Role want Daggerheart to succeed, they shouldn't "wait to see how it does" and instead push the hell out of it (and NOT just with mini-series). Use it for Campaign 4 and let Brennan go hog wild with it. COMMIT, dang it.